Kindergarten nonfiction passage about borrowing library books: 57 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A library has many books. You can take a book home. You do not pay. You only need a library card.
When you borrow a book, you make a promise. You promise to take care of it. You promise to bring it back.
Then other kids can read it too. A library is for all of us.
What do you need to take a book home? in the text
What do you promise to do with the book? in the text
Do you pay to borrow a book? in the text
Who can read the book after you bring it back? in the text
Why do we bring books back? think about it
The same topic and facts written three ways, so a mixed class can read and talk about one text. Each group’s sheet shows only a shape; the key says which is which.
A library has books. You can take a book home. You do not pay. You need a card.
You make a promise. You will be kind to the book. You will bring it back.
Then more kids can read it. A library is for all.
A library has many books. You can take a book home. You do not pay. You only need a library card.
When you borrow a book, you make a promise. You promise to take care of it. You promise to bring it back.
Then other kids can read it too. A library is for all of us.
A library is full of books, and you can borrow them and take them home for free. All you need is a library card.
When you borrow a book, you make a promise. You promise to take good care of it, and you promise to return it.
Then other children can enjoy the book too. A library belongs to everyone in the community.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 57 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.4. That is a formula's estimate from sentence length and syllables, and it is not a Lexile or a guided reading level, so check it against your students.
There are five. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 1 ask the reader to work something out from clues. Each has an answer in the key, and the answers are written as a teacher would accept them, not as the only possible wording.
Under a minute read aloud at 100 words a minute. For a one-minute fluency check, paste it into the fluency timer and use the word count.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.
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